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Mrs. Evelyn Foxy & Her Low Orbit Anxiety

Short Play

Steve Yockey

Mrs. Evelyn Foxy & Her Low Orbit Anxiety is part of Niagara Falls and Other Plays , a collection of heightened short plays that explore what happens when everyday life rubs up against the messy and fantastic mysteries of the universe.”

Mrs. Evelyn Foxy & Her Low Orbit Anxiety

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Summary

Evelyn Foxy has been happily living her adult life in her living room. She has a perfectly rational case of keraunothnetophobia – the fear of one of the 3,700 satellites orbiting around the Earth falling and crushing you to death.  Her daughter Barbara, however, is not happy with her satellite fearing mother. Tensions between mother and daughter come to a head when Evelyn casually takes an unlucky solicitor hostage in her living room. 

Evelyn Foxy & Her Low Orbit Anxiety is included in Niagara Falls and Other Plays.

History
Mrs. Evelyn Foxy & Her Low Orbit Anxiety was commissioned and produced by City Theatre in Miami, FL as a part of Summer Shorts 20. Producing Artistic Director John Manzelli and Literary Director Susan Westfall. It premiered at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts on June 6, 2015. Directed by John Manzelli. 
EVELYN – a woman, very polite, a wonderful hostess, housebound due to a crippling fear with a serious & ridiculous historical precedent.
MIKE – a man, a volunteer signature collector, trying to be a polite and optimistic prisoner.
BARBARA – a woman, Evelyn’s daughter, reconciled with the past and very frustrated with her mom.
BILLY – a young man, very physically fit and eager, he’s into landscaping and the universe. 
  • Setting Evelyn Foxy's living room. 

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Steve Yockey

Steve Yockey
Steve Yockey is a Los Angeles based writer with work produced throughout the US, Europe, and Asia. His plays Pluto, Bellwether, Afterlife, Octopus, Large Animal Games, CARTOON, Subculture, Very Still & Hard to See, The Fisherman’s Wife, Wolves, Disassembly, and Niagara Falls ...
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